Researcher
Yugen Zhang is a Group Leader at A*STAR’s Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment (ISCE2). He earned his PhD in Chemistry from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 1992, subsequently joining its faculty and attaining professorship in 1999. He has served as a visiting scholar in Zhaomin Hou’s group at Riken, Japan (1996-1997, 2000-2001) and was a postdoctoral research associate in R.H. Holm’s group at Harvard University (2002-2004). Specialising in green chemistry, nanomaterials and biomaterials, he has authored over 200 scientific papers and holds 50 patents.
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